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Grex History Item 12: Postcards
Entered by fes on Sat Aug 24 21:58:52 UTC 1991:

I have been scrounging old postcards (mostly from ancient family correspondence
that has ended up in my attic) and predominantly from areas that I am familiar
with. I have managed to accumulate a fair number from Ann Arbor (mostly pre
WW I) and I suspect that there must be a lot more than what I have samples of.
I also have 1920's Ford World HQ and Ford Airplane plant and other weirdos. Is
anyone else similarly afflicted? I'm not interested in getting rid of any of
mine (except those that are multiples) but I'm interested in seeing what else
might exist.

9 responses total.

#1 of 9 by polygon on Tue Aug 27 06:06:44 1991:

There are LOTS of old postcards out there.  Check any flea market, junk shop,
or well-stocked garage sale.  Remember, people used to communicate a lot more
in writing a century ago than today, and they SAVED postcards as well as
letters.

Postcards often show street scenes and buildings/sights that the community
was proud of: the post office, the high school, the harbor or dam, etc.

#2 of 9 by steve on Sat Sep 14 22:04:37 1991:

   Wystan Stevens, Ann Arbor's unofficial historial, has collected them for
years and years.  There was an article on him in the _Ann Arbor Observer_
many years ago.  I believe there is still a group that meets with some
regularity, perhaps at the Public Library?  You might want to call them to
see if they still meet there.
   It is interesting, reading little snipits from bygone eras.

#3 of 9 by rcurl on Fri Nov 27 01:11:16 1992:

It doesn't look like there are many postcard collectors hanging out around
here. I will admit to having had the affliction - and have a somewhat
large collection of cave cards. However after a decade or so, it got out
of hand, and "not as interesting" (and I have most of the old cards), so
it has been lying fallow. However, I am looking for old postcards from
or near the towns of Trout Lake, Rexton, Long Rapids, Lachine or Fiborn
Quarry, Michigan. ???

#4 of 9 by aa8ij on Fri Nov 27 22:00:52 1992:

 I used to collect stamps and First Day covers. 

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#5 of 9 by rcurl on Fri Nov 27 22:56:00 1992:

That's strange. There doesn't seem to be an old stamps - or perhaps old
philatelists - Item here. The sport must have suffered in comparison to
other time consumers - like computers.

#6 of 9 by danr on Fri Nov 27 23:43:04 1992:

You might want to enter an item on stamp collecting in the "ing" 
conference. That's kind of a catch-all conference for miscellaneous
activities.

#7 of 9 by rcurl on Sat Nov 28 07:23:55 1992:

Not me! Stamps are for mailing letters. I went through my parents US
stamp collection when I inherited it: they were still worth face value.

#8 of 9 by katie on Sat Nov 28 14:46:02 1992:

I get 15 first-day covers per month for $13.75 from the Postal Commemorative
Society. My favorites this year were the hummingbirds and I'm still waiting
for the wildflowers. Lukewarm about the 1992 Olympics. I don't like the
oversized stamps.

#9 of 9 by orwell on Thu Sep 21 04:47:29 1995:

<Orwell is gonig back to the future!>

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